Mine was NV Christophe Mignon brut rose. Really great match with a Tails & Trotters ham and roasted root veggies. The salt and gentle sweetness of the ham demanded a wine with acidity and richness, and the Champagne delivered.
With just 3 of us, there’s a whole lot of ham leftover. Looking forward to some great sandwiches the next few days!
2004 Jacquesson Avize Champ Cain before dinner with my small group. A spectacular aperitif wine, a few drank it all through the meal. Champagne with prime rib? Yes!
1989 La Conseillante was sadly dead - failed cork is my guess, flat and thin. After six hours no improvement.
1996 Pape Clement - a very good backup. With standing rib roast, Yorkshire pudding, roast carrots, baked ziti for the vegetarians. This wine is still so youthful but loaded with classic Bordeaux notes. Excellent with the beef, no surprise.
2005 De Fargues Sauternes - a shockingly good partner to a chocolate orange cheesecake. Lots of tart orange in the wine, plus a sharp, tart long finish was a great counterpoint to the richness of the cheesecake.
Pierre Mignon NV, premier cru, very pleasing brioche flavours.
2010 Chateau Cissac from magnum, ready to go, but no hurry to drink.
2002 Real Companhia Velha Colheita, delightfully figgy tawny.
The main event of the night over here is salted cod, which we paired with the 2017 Jean Marc Pillot Clos St. Marc, which at the moment is more about future potencial than anything else. Opened a few aged reds and the evening ended with the Barros 1938 Colheita.
1995 Ampeau Meursault La Pièce-sous-le-Bois (really lovely, in a perfect place) with caviar, gougères and carabinero shrimp soup
2007 Comte de Vogué Musigny (also showing well, deep, complex, and after some air balanced) with roast goose stuffed with prunes and armagnac and potatoes roasted in goose foot.